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Altitude and Forest Type Effects on Soils in the Jizera Mountains Region Soil & Water Res., 2, 2007 (2): 35–44 Altitude and Forest Type Effects on Soils in the Jizera Mountains Region LENKA PAVLŮ, LUBOŠ BORŮVKA, ANTONÍN NIKODEM, MARCELA ROHOŠKOVÁ and VÍT PENÍŽEK Department of Soil Science and Geology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Abstract: This paper is focused on the Jizera Mountains as a region strongly influenced by man in the past. The structure of the natural forest was changed. Species monocultures with similar tree ages were planted. High acidificants concentrations in atmosphere led to the decline of these monoculture forests in the top parts of the mountains and the high acidificants deposition damaged the soils in the whole region. The goals of this study are to describe the distribution of the soil properties in altitude transects, where temperature, precipitation, and vegetation gradients are recorded, and to compare the soil properties in spruce and beech forests. The soil samples were collected from soil pits in a surviving nature-close beech forest, in a production spruce forest, and also in the top dead forest area with a grass cover. Soil samples from sufficiently deep diagnostic horizons were taken for the study of chemical properties. The basic soil characteristics were determined by the commonly used methods (pH, effective cation exchange capacity – eCEC, and the contents of cations in the sorption complex, A400/A600 as humus quality parameter, the contents of available Ca, Mg, K and P, pseudototal content of Ca and Mg, and two differently extracted Fe and Al forms contents). The soils of the Jizera Mts. are strongly acid with a low eCEC which is the result of the natural and anthropogenic acidification processes. Soil chemical properties of the most affected top mountainous parts are in some aspects more favourable than lower parts (binding of potentially toxic Al in organic matter, slightly higher pH), but in other aspects they are still endangered by the acidification symptoms (higher leaching of base cations, especially Mg). The soils of nature-close beech forests represent more favourable soil properties than those of planted spruce forests. Generally, it can be concluded that the natural systems have higher resilience, and that natural mechanisms are able to mitigate slightly the soil degradation. Keywords: forest soils; altitude; forest type; beech; spruce; elevation transects Soil acidification in the Czech Republic presents system has been disturbed by human activities. a serious problem in forest soils of mountain- Natural stable forest ecosystems were changed to ous areas. Soil acidification is a natural process spruce monoculture production forests with acid, conditioned by naturally acid parent rocks, high hardly decomposed litter. This step led to natural precipitations and slow organic matter decomposi- acidification processes acceleration; soil pH de- tion producing various organic acids. This natural crease and base cation loss increase. A number Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Project No. 1G57073, and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, Project No. MSM 6046070901. 35 Soil & Water Res., 2, 2007 (2): 35–44 of studies showed the differences in the soil char- At present, the concentrations of acidificants in acteristics between broadleaved and coniferous atmosphere are decreased. However, the forests trees, especially between beech (Fagus sylvatica) still stay threatened by long-term changes of the and Norway spruce (Picea abies) (for example: soil conditions (lower base saturation, lower pH, CRONAN & GRIGAL 1995; ZIMKA & STACHURSKI and high contents of potentially toxic Al forms). 1996; MISSON et al. 2001; OULEHLE & HRUŠKA In the Jizera Mountains, the damage of soil and 2005). In 1970’s and 1980’s, a period of enormous forests led to the forest decline in the top parts of coal mining, thermal power stations and heavy in- the mountains. This area was fast invaded by grass dustry development, huge amounts of acidificants as a natural mechanism of ecosystem restoration. (SO2, NOX, etc.) were emitted to the atmosphere. The soils under this grass cover have often better High levels of acidificants deposition increase the chemical properties than soils covered by forests intensity of soil acidification and change some due to the grass litter quality, its influence on N mechanisms of this process. The presence of cycling, organic matter turnover and base cations mineral non-complexing acids (H2SO4, HNO3) leaching (ADAMS & EVANS 1989; KOOIJMAN et al. in soils leads to mobilisation of potentially toxic 2000; FIALA et al. 2001). elements like Al or heavy metals (RICHTER 1986; This study is a continuation of the project dealing HOVMAND & BILLE-HANSEN 1999; PIERZYNSKI with the whole region of the Jizera Mts. Some results et al. 2000; HRUŠKA & CIENCIALA 2003). Though of the complex project showed effects of altitude sulphur emissions decreased dramatically in the and forest type on the soil properties distribution last decades, the effect of S accumulation is long- (BORŮVKA et al. 2005; MLÁDKOVÁ et al. 2005, 2006). termed; moreover, the nitrogen deposition is still The goals of this study are to focus on this relation- fairly high (HRUŠKA et al. 2001; HRUŠKA & KRÁM ship in greater detail, to describe the distribution of 2003; UHLÍŘOVÁ et al. 2002). soil properties in altitude transect, and to compare This paper deals with the Jizera Mountains region the soil properties in spruce and beech forests. located in the North of Bohemia. The region is one of the areas most affected by human activities MATERIAL AND METHODS in the Czech Republic (SUCHARA & SUCHAROVÁ 2002). High concentrations of acidificants in at- Area of interest and sampling mosphere, originating mainly from thermal power The Jizera Mountains region is plutonic area stations in the Czech Republic and in Poland, with uniform granite bedrock. Complex soil stud- also called “Black triangle”, occurred in the past. ies of this region are presented e.g. in MLÁDKOVÁ Table 1. Description of sampling sites on Paličník and Smědava transects Paličník Smědava Pit soil type forest age soil type forest age 1 Haplic Podzol spruce 40–50 Haplic Podzol spruce (+ pine) 10 2 Haplic Podzol beech 80–120 Haplic Podzol spruce 10 3 Haplic Podzol spruce 10 Haplic Podzol spruce 10 4 Haplic Podzol beech 80 Colluvic Regosol spruce 10 5 Haplic Podzol spruce 30–40 Colluvic Regosol spruce/beech 10/110 6 Haplic Podzol beech 170 Colluvic Regosol beech 110 7 Haplic Podzol spruce 60 Haplic Podzol beech 150 8 Entic Podzol beech 80–120 Haplic Podzol beech (+ birch) 150 9 Entic Podzol spruce 90 Entic Podzol beech 140 10 Cambisol beech 120 Entic Podzol beech 150 36 Soil & Water Res., 2, 2007 (2): 35–44 Figure 1. Map of sampling sites with colour emphasise of stee- pness (degree); scale change with distance, equidistance is 25 m (Paličník – 972 m, Smě- davská hora – 1084 m) et al. (2004, 2005, 2006), BORŮVKA et al. (2005). were collected. The samples were air dried in room This paper deals with two elevation transects in temperature and sieved through 2 mm mesh. the north part of this region (Figure 1, Table 1). Basic soil characteristics were determined. The The first transect, Paličník, represents the altitude values of pH , pH , and pH were measured H2O CaCl2 KCl range from 600 m to 950 m with western orien- potentiometrically. Humus quality was assessed tation. The soil samples were collected from ten by the ratio of absorbances of pyrophosphate soil soil pits. Five soil pits are placed in a different age extract at the wavelengths of 400 nm and 600 nm spruce forest (Picea abies) and five in a more than (A400/A600 – POSPÍŠIL 1981). Organic carbon con- 100 years old nature-close beech forest (Fagus tent (Corg) was determined oxidimetrically by a sylvatica). The soil type changes with decreasing modified Tjurin method (POSPÍŠIL 1964); this altitude from Haplic Podzols over Entic Podzols analysis was done only on samples from the mineral to Cambisols. The second transect, Smědava, rep- horizons. Available nutrient contents were deter- resents the altitude range from 600 m to 1050 m mined in Mehlich III extract (PMIII, KMIII, CaMIII, with northern orientation. The soil samples were MgMIII) (ZBÍRAL 2002). Pseudo-total contents of collected also from ten soil pits. The forest cover Ca and Mg were measured after soil digestion with differs with decreasing altitude from the dead forest aqua regia (CaAR, MgAR) (ZBÍRAL 2002). Effective with young free-growing spruce and a high grass cation exchange capacity (eCEC) was determined abundance to old beech forest. Haplic Podzols are by the Mehlich method with unbuffered 0.1M the prevailing soil types. The middle steepest part BaCl2 extraction solution (PODLEŠÁKOVÁ et al. of the slope contained Colluvic Regosols while that 1992). The contents of exchangeable elements of the altitude of around 600 m Entic Podzols. were measured together with eCEC (Caexc, Mgexc, Kexc, Naexc, Mnexc, Alexc). The contents of two dif- Basic soil characteristics ferent Al forms were determined according to The soil samples were collected from sufficiently DRÁBEK et al. (2003): potentially toxic Al forms deep soil horizons: organic fermented (F), organic were extracted with 0.5M KCl solution (AlKCl), humified (H), mineral humic (A), mineral albic and organically bound Al forms were extracted (eluvial) (E), mineral spodic humic-sesquioxidic, with 0.05M Na P O solution (Al ). The 4 2 7 Na4P2O7 spodic sesquioxidic, spodic red, and cambic (B) soil contents of iron forms were measured in the same horizons, and the substrate (C). In total, 104 samples extracts as Al (Fe , Fe ). Aluminium and KCl Na4P2O7 37 Soil & Water Res., 2, 2007 (2): 35–44 iron concentrations in both extracts were deter- Al ions in the soil sorption complex is less than 1. mined by means of ICP-OES (inductively coupled However, the criteria of this ratio evaluation (where plasma – optical emission spectrometry, VARIAN commonly used critical value is 1) exist only for Vista Pro, VARIAN, Australia).
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